# Troll Patrol — Match3 meets RPG

> Match-3 puzzle RPG where you defend a troll den from invaders. (iPhone/iPad app by Philippe Schober.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/troll-patrol/id1394832108 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Philippe Schober](https://appshunter.io/developer/1394832107)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 46 App Store ratings · 30 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 204 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-12-29
- Data updated: 2026-06-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/troll-patrol/id1394832108/reviews.md

## What is Troll Patrol?

"A Troll's Tale - Troll Patrol" is a puzzle game which combines the tile-matching and RPG genres by offering a unique experience: Play as the last defender of the threatened troll den where vicious village people and heroes from far away castles and kingdoms knock down your door.

Stand firm, take whatever weapon is close and fight them off to get your family and friends to safety. Protect what is rightfully yours, your home, your heritage. They come for blood, for revenge, to still their blood thirst. But you won't allow it.

More and more enemies pour through the broken door and by connecting them to sword tiles you can fight them off. Once you get hit you can connect potions to heal your wounds or connect shields to improve your armor. Connecting gold might lead to new treasures that help you defend what is yours and keep their filthy hands of your stuff.

Features:
- Over 50 unlockable types of enemies
- 6 unlockable weapon types
- 7 unlockable playable classes
- Endless waves of enemies
- Over 50 active and passive skills and powerups
- Over 40 event cards with multiple choices and outcomes
- Over 15 quests to choose from
- Improve your cave for permanent bonuses
- Leaderboard and Achievements

## Key features

- Tile-matching combat
- RPG progression
- Enemy and weapon variety
- Skill and powerup system
- Cave upgrades
- Quests and events

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock Game | $4.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 30)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/troll-patrol/id1394832108/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Needs better progression and balance

*2026-03-27, version 1.44*

So I made it to wave 10 and retired. These runs take a long time, yet I got no blueprints unlocked and barely any rewards. Instead I get a bunch of new, strong enemies now and nothing to show for it. 

Shouldn’t I feel like I’m getting stronger? I’m now losing on earlier waves as the difficulty spiked. It’s expected to become harder as you progress through waves, but the early game is just not manageable anymore.

Some suggestions: 
* decrease the rate of unlocking enemies
* stronger enemies shouldn’t spawn until some # waves pass
* increase stats that carry over based on what I manage to unlock during the run
* decrease tentacle cost or increase rewards

### 1/5 — Fun, but rigged

*2025-04-30, version 1.44*

The game is fun, but definitely rigged. Enemies show hardly ever near swords so they are giving you damage while you’re trying to match 3 or more to be able to attack them. If you attack them without swords, if you just swipe on them, they stick around for a couple rounds, all the while hitting you with more damage while you hit them with hardly any. The game is rigged and they want money for this. No thanks. Thankfully the base game is free. I would never pay money for the computer to beat me in just a in few minutes. Make it to where you at least have a chance and then I might pay for it. As it stands, Dungeon Raid is still the king of these games, but sadly that developer abandoned his chefs kiss of a game. Seems to be the standard of all these iOS apps and games, developers abandoning their apps and games. This is the main reason why I don’t purchase apps and games, because they take your money then abandon their apps and games and leave you with an app you can’t play because Apple updated their software to where you can’t continue using them. So they are both the enemy.

### 2/5 — Fun, but rigged

*2025-04-14*

The game is fun, but definitely rigged. Enemies show hardly ever near swords so they are giving you damage while you’re trying to match 3 or more to be able to attack them. If you attack them without swords, if you just swipe on them, they stick around for a couple rounds, all the while hitting you with more damage while you hit them with hardly any. The game is rigged and they want money for this. No thanks. Thankfully the base game is free. I would never pay money for the computer to beat me in just a few minutes. Make it to where you at least have a chance and then I might pay for it. As it stands, Dungeon Raid is still the king of these games, but sadly that developer abandoned his chefs kiss of a game. Seems to be the standard of all these iOS apps and games, developers abandoning their apps and games. This is the main reason why I don’t purchase apps and games, because they take your money then abandon their apps and games and leave you with an app you can’t play because Apple updated their software to where you can’t continue using them. So they are both the enemy.

### 5/5 — I love it

*2025-02-13, version 1.44*

Troll Patrol ist ein einzigartiges Match-3-RPG, bei dem Spieler als letzte Verteidiger eines Troll-Heims kämpfen. Man muss sich gegen angreifende Dorfbewohner und Helden wehren, indem man Karten kombiniert, um Schwerter, Schilde und Tränke zu sammeln2. Die RPG-Elemente sind gut integriert und bieten eine tiefere strategische Tiefe. Die Grafik ist einfach, aber effektiv, und das Spiel bietet viele Inhalte, die es lange interessant machen2. Troll Patrol ist ein Muss für Fans von Puzzle- und RPG-Spielen

### 1/5 — Softlocked at start

*2023-09-03, version 1.42*

So I started my second run clicking a “no peasant challenge”  no knowing what it is.  I die instantly over and over with no hope of success and no way to remove it without paying money to remove it.

So basically I can’t play the game and don’t have the desire to pay for a game that does give me the ability to restart without paying them.

### 5/5 — A love letter to fans of Dungeon Raid!

*2023-07-24, version 1.42*

It is not just a faithful reproduction of my old all-time favorite game, Dungeon Raid, but it is quite rather a love letter to the game with many expanded features beyond the original!

I was trying to decide between this app and a Chinese knock off. This app lets you play a lite version of the full game for free. It’s charm and mechanics got me hooked. I bought the full version without hesitation.

### 5/5 — Nice and not as small as it seems

*2023-06-20, version 1.41*

Rezension 

Match-3 is just the basic core of this game… it does so much more!

First: It is really free! 

- no annoying ads

- no continuous “rate us now!”

- no pushy “visit our website and do this or that”

Just buy the full version if you enjoy the game and support its developer, then additional content will come available.

Second: It really combines most of RPG Elements and a simple but cute story round a little troll who needs to defend his cave and people.

Fight the invaders, collect treasures and special items, level up and improve your stats, develop your cave and even use magical items.

Your patrol has an aim that you selected on start.

Between the waves your troll encounters orhers or needs to make decisions… like in the early adventure games.

There are numerous enemy classes with each a lot of differences in stats and abilities… do not underestimate the hobbits!

Third: The game has a lot of little but good features. For example there is a slot machine or “machine of power”… you really should use it before you start your patrol if you don’t want to fail already in the second or third wave.

Forth: Yes…. you can fail in the early waves… so do not expect to play this for hours being undefeated. However you can play it for a couple of minutes.

But the game triggered my ambition… it has to be possible to at least win those two diamonds (marriage portion for the troll’s sister).

Last but not least I really enjoy the soundtrack of the game; really meets RPG ambience.

But if you do not like the sounds … there are a number of useful settings in the game’s control - have a look!

And now: Keep your cave clean!!

### 2/5 — Latest update removes unlocks

*2023-05-15, version 1.41*

This is a fun game that featured adverts that you could pay to remove. 99% of progression and unlocks was available to advert supported users.
In the latest update adverts were removed and most progression was gated behind a paid unlock. This is fair enough for new users but removing access to the unlocks for existing users feels like bait and switch. I'm now asked to pay £5 to access all of the unlocks I had before the update. This doesn't feel fair.

### 1/5 — Kinda fun, but way too hard

*2023-02-02, version 1.41*

You need to replenish your health, but the game cheats and never gives you enough potions or places potions to where they cannot be selected in threes or more. Everything else you can match 3 or more, just the potions you can’t. It’s absolutely ridiculous and probably designed this way. Not only that, you destroy the “peasants” and like 10 of them appear on the screen making for a AI cheating fest where they attack you and there is no way to recover. I think I last less than 25-30 seconds until I’m dead. Such promise and a stolen idea from the developer who created Dungeon Raid, which is FAR superior in every way, at least that game gave you a chance. This game, doesn’t. It’s not fun if you have to keep restarting after every 30 seconds or so. Thankfully this was free and you can buy it if you want. My recommendation, don’t buy it. It’s not worth the hassle or frustration. The developer make this game so far from fun and he caused the AI to cheat that you will throw your iPad clear across the room. Waste of a download, but thankfully not real money. Glad he lets you try it out first. He gets his one star from that.

### 5/5 — Only my third review ever I think?

*2021-09-17, version 1.31*

But have to let everyone know!! This is Dungeon Raid, people!! The all-time best match-3, roguelike, rpg, bare-bones, with a sense of humor, chillest, most strategic, best iOS game of all time and I have spent years trying to find any old phone of mine that is still working and has it installed bc I miss it so! Troll Patrol has everything DR had, plus more metagame stuff like choosing long term “quest” types or permanent stat ups through cave decor. Instead of the DR randomized opening “origin story” there’s now randomized interstitial events that often give you choices that seriously help or hurt you for at least a wave. Devs, thank you. It’s obviously you were fans of DR too, and you’ve given me an all time fave back, but new and improved! You really made it your own, while keeping everything that made DR so great. (The one thing I can say I preferred in the OG were the graphics. DR had this polished, simple look to the tiles that wasn’t isometric or retro or anime or 3D but really it’s own, and you’ve alllllllmost captured it but it feels a little too hand drawn for my personal taste. I like the character descriptions being hand drawn though!) I only had to play this for like, a day, before I bought the No-Ads bc I know I’m going to be playing this for *literally* literally years, just like DR. Also: if you stop updating this game and disappear, me and all the fellow DR-heads will be forced to hunt you down like puny unarmed goblins and give you a strongly worded letter. Thank you.

## Frequently asked questions about Troll Patrol

### What is Troll Patrol?

Troll Patrol is a puzzle game that blends tile-matching mechanics with role-playing game elements. Players defend a troll den from waves of attacking villagers and heroes by strategically matching tiles to attack, heal, and defend.

### What are the key features of Troll Patrol?

The game features over 50 enemy types, 6 weapon types, 7 playable classes, and endless enemy waves. It also includes over 50 skills and powerups, event cards, quests, cave upgrades, and leaderboards.

### How is Troll Patrol monetized?

The game is free to download and play, but it offers in-app purchases. These purchases can likely be used to acquire items or bonuses that enhance gameplay, though specific details are not provided in the description.

### What kind of enemies can I expect to fight?

You will face a variety of enemies, including vicious village people and heroes from far away castles and kingdoms. There are over 50 unlockable types of enemies to encounter as you progress through the game.

### What are the main gameplay mechanics?

The core gameplay involves matching tiles on a board. Connecting sword tiles attacks enemies, connecting potion tiles heals your character, and connecting shield tiles improves your armor. Connecting gold tiles can lead to treasures.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.44 — 2024-08-13

Fixed a problem with the server's certificate, which disabled online functionality and decreased stability.

### 1.42 — 2023-06-20

While potions remove the bleeding status effect their healing power is then reduced by 10% instead of 1 health point.
The demon will now not only quench his thirst by looking at the potions you collect, he will also drink them, preventing any healing from them.
Added the 'Martial Arts' skill.
When a level up or loot screen opens while selecting the target for an active skill the skill's use won't be wasted anymore.
Added the 'Drinking Straw' cave upgrade.
Removed Twitter and Facebook links due to data privacy concerns.
Removed Reddit link due to their hostile policy changes regarding API uses.
Added a new hat for the mage class.
Paladins now increase their damage with each adjacent enemy.
The troll in the main menu now has a shadow. This almost has implications on the gameplay.
Added the enemy skill 'Shatter Armor' which will halve your gained armor points while active.
The first part of the selection line now gets highlighted in red to make it easier to see drawn patterns.
Added option for a bigger font for the stat values of enemies.

### 1.41 — 2023-01-05

All ads have been removed from the game. The free base game is now limited regarding some features instead. The full, paid version has not been changed besides the removal of rewarded ads. This change was required as the new versions of our ad provider are not compatible with our definition of data safety anymore.
... and more (see changelog in game).

### 1.38.1 — 2022-07-04

Fixed a few texts that weren't updating the used font upon a language change, making them unreadable.

### 1.38 — 2022-06-25

The number of collected Mana Potions won't change the amount of skill cooldown reduction anymore. Only one will have any effect, the others will be discarded.
The game over screen now offers a button which will open the combat log again so that you can review your last fatal turns in detail.
Added the missing Japanese characters to the used font.
Updated the Japanese translations.
Thieves that are about to flee can't be killed during their flight animation anymore. Slippery crooks.
When selecting the difficulty of the next wave you can now see your current quest and its progress.
Fixed the cause of death string for death by possession.
You can now request the deletion of your accout from within the app via the edit profile screen.
Big enemies will now always spawn correctly.
If a new big enemy replaces an old one the then possible empty spaces will now be filled correctly.
Corrected the display of old score entries. They will now label years correctly.
Randomization of the equipment during the preparation phase should now always work.

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All apps by Philippe Schober: https://appshunter.io/developer/1394832107

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